DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 12 October 1925, Page 1

DOMINION ITEMS.

nr TELEGRAPH —PRESS ABBIS’., COPYRIGHT. INFANT’S BODY FOUND. GISBORNE, Oct. 10. The body of an infant male Maori child was found in a river at I’e Ari on Thursday, with a piece of cloth tied tightly across the mouth and nostrils. The police are extremely reticent with regard to the fatality hut it is believed it. is connected with the admission the same day. ol a Maori woman to the hospital in a serious condition. An inquest opened this morning and formal evidence given regarding the finding the the body. The polite asked for an adjournment sine die, to enable further inquiries to be in,'tile.

ESC A BED LEOPARD FOUND. AUCKLAND, Ociober 11. The alarms and excursions regarding the female leopard which escaped from the zoo on September Hull, were ended to-day. when the best was lottiul drowned in l.adv Bay, near St. Hellers. The leopard was Hunting belly up. lin L there were no signs ol decomposition. However, il inns! have been in the water some time to come to the surface. St Metiers is nine miles t, the east of Auckland, while the zoo is in a western suburb. I low the animal travelled so far is mu known, hut it is surmised it tell into lim waters of Motions Creek, below - the .zoo. This rises in the western springs, and is a till|V strong lindv ol water. I fills, it is siipposscd the leopard was carried into Waitemata Harbour, and that tides and currents would easily convey if to the place where it was found. Its recovery will he a great relict to the western suburbs and dwellers in the hush-clad AYaitakere Hills, where there |j:i s hocu jui iiiitlurciinviil ul anxiety lor over throe weeks.

CIRCUS PROPRIETOR'S DEATH. lIIIAKNT. ()etober it). William John Baker, believed to be lhe proprietor ol Baker s t il eus, expired oil a Ham yesterday between Ohakmie and Wainnirino. All inquest found that, death was due to heart failure. WOMAN'S SUICIDE. CHRISTCHURCH, October 11. Semina Hibbertl, married, who resided at Addington, was found dead last night with a string round her throat. Self strangnlat ion is sipqiorti'd. SUDDEN DEATH. CHRISTCHURCH, October 11. William Harrower Patou, was lottiul dead at St. Albums. Heart disease i' believed to have been the cause ol death.